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Recent Examples of determinacy
There are, after all, other ways to resolve under-determinacy without directly applying substantive moral principles.
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J. Joel Alicea, National Review, 3 May 2022
Those principles, along with historical analysis, will resolve a great deal of apparent under-determinacy.
—J. Joel Alicea, National Review, 3 May 2022
The iron determinacy of combustion; the vagaries of human capacity and choice.
—Longreads, 9 May 2017
J. Joel Alicea, National Review, 3 May 2022
Those principles, along with historical analysis, will resolve a great deal of apparent under-determinacy.
—J. Joel Alicea, National Review, 3 May 2022
The iron determinacy of combustion; the vagaries of human capacity and choice.
—Longreads, 9 May 2017
Recent Examples of Synonyms for determinacy
Noun
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Fragmented compliance data can lead to blind spots, so create a single source of truth.—
Jesse Corn,
Forbes.com,
21 July 2025
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For Christie Brinkley, owning your truth is no bed of roses.—
Edward Segarra,
USA Today,
21 July 2025
Noun
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During his 2024 campaign, President Donald Trump pledged fidelity to gun rights groups and the Second Amendment.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
19 July 2025
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His approach to the book project was to marry the factual fidelity required of an official battalion history with a novelistic evocation of life on the front.—
Ed Caesar,
New Yorker,
13 July 2025
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“Determinacy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/determinacy. Accessed 3 Aug. 2025.
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